Finding the Inspiration for 50+ original design series’

Q: Since opening the gallery in 1987, you’ve created over 50 original series.

How have you maintained your source for inspiration to create thousands of original pieces of jewelry?

Eve: I’ve learned to listen thoughtfully to my inspiration. It is best described as a surge, a stream flowing through me. It is ongoing: wherever inspiration rests, and which vision speaks the loudest is the one I must pay attention to. For me, there are three central themes where the vision and ideas evolve from… and into.

Antiquities Series Necklace

1. The Passage of Time. History with a capital H and history which is personal, with a small h. This theme meditates upon symbols found in ancient times, and sometimes borrows proportions from classical, Medieval or Renaissance architecture. The inspiration is a moment in time in (H)(h)istory.

2. Nature. We live with nature and from nature. From the patterns in which leaves arrange themselves on a branch we learn something about symmetry and asymmetry. Memories are refracted through the frost on a windowpane, or in what is found under a withered leaf.

3. Dream. Inspired by surrealism, it’s the logic that you can find in dreams: a seemingly random juxtaposition of shapes or colors creates unexpected magic. Think of Magritte, think of De Chirico.. the composition suggests something more than the sum total of the whole.

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I currently work at Northwestern University as an Instructional Technologist. Working with faculty and other staff I build online classes in the School of Professional Studies, and support students and faculty with troubleshooting errors and technologies online.
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